Astérix (NOUVEAU) spoilers in very tiny grey letters

[Mister]

(contain spoilers but in very tiny gray letters so unless you really don't want to read it, it's easy to pass over and ignore)

a new Astérix book just came out in french, Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête, and from a quick flip through it's way different then anything else they EVER done before and personally from that quick flip I know I'm going to love this one may contain spoilers but in very tiny gray letters

this looked so freaking fun I just HAD to buy it

"SPOILERS BELOW" but sit down first and don't forget to close back up your mouth after reading the following :)

Asrérix and Obélix come back from an unsuccessful hunt in the forest and they notice everyone in the village is like statues frozen in time as nobody is moving they are all hard like pieces of woods just like the animals in the forest, the only other person that moves is Panoramix coming out of his house not knowing what happen and the three just stand there puzzled; when suddenly...

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...a huge starship floats over head as it cast a huge shadow over the whole village, and from that huge golden sphere space ship the size of the whole village exits...

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...2 aliens, one a Superman like being where after a few misunderstandings the strong man Obélix gives the first punch but after an other misunderstanding....

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that super space being goes up in the sky pointing towards the sun his power ring and comes back with two Romans to Obélix's surprise and short after...

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nails Obélix on the ground with one punch like he was Captain America or something. Later other Alien also arrive and when the villagers do awake they witness Star Wars right in their backyard à la USA league of costumed Superhero clones vs Manga space pirate ship... BLA BLA BLA BLA... and in the conclusion everything ends well at the village with an other nice banquet :-)

This is in part a charming little ;-) at other comics in the world, I thought is was nice

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Astérix was created by Goscinny & Uderzo and that was their lifes work, and a few years ago Goscinny died, but at 78 years old Uderzo is still making the series as fun as ever in my view.

[Mister]

quote from the french Canadian CBC site Radio Canada on the book
À 78 ans, Albert Uderzo se sent plus que jamais inspiré.
Vendredi, le 33e album d'Astérix, titré Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête, sortira simultanément dans 27 pays.

Cet album, événement de la rentrée, sera tiré en 13 langues et à huit millions d'exemplaires.

D'autre part, la série s'est déjà vendue à plus de 300 millions d'exemplaires en 109 langues et dialectes.

Pour ce nouveau coup d'éclat des Gaulois contre les Romains, la ville de Bruxelles en Belgique a organisé plusieurs activités. Baptême officiel de deux avions de la compagnie SN Brussels Airlines à l'effigie d'Astérix et Obélix, frappe d'une pièce de collection, conférence d'Albert Uderzo et premiers timbres à l'effigie d'Astérix.

À partir de vendredi, suivront l'inauguration d'une fresque murale Astérix, d'un village gaulois sur la Grand-Place de Bruxelles avec distribution de potion magique et érection d'un menhir.

Cette fête grandiose sera ponctuée par une réception de la ville en l'honneur du co-créateur. Il ne manquera bien sûr à cette fête que le talentueux complice d'Uderzo, René Goscinny, mort en 1977.
quick English translation, some good news for all

At 78 years old, Albert Uderzo feels more than ever inspired. Friday(14/10/2005) the 33rd album of Astérix, titled Le ciel lui tombe sur la tête(Asterix And The Falling Sky), will be released simultaneously in 27 countries thought out the world

(Personal notes: counting Canada France Belgium Switzerland North Africa, Middle East, Caribbean islands, the North of South America and a few other places I guess will be the french original version)

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This album entry event will be published in 13 languages in a total of 8 million copies

(Other personal note: Let's see DC or Marvel try a 8 million copies of a single book)

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By the way the whole series so far alone sold over 300 million books, many copies in 109 languages & dialects

(Personal note again, Son Of A B$$$$$$) :)

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For this mega event the city of Bruxelle in Belgium has organized many activities. Official Baptizing of 2 jet carriers SN Brussels from Belgium airline with Astérix & Obélix on them, a new official coin, first stamps with Astérix, conference by Albert Uderzo, Murals, a village at Grand-Place de Bruxelles with magic potion distribution (I wonder what`s in that) and a statue of a copy of Obélix`s menhir(that huge rock he carries on his back

and in the end there will be a huge party and reception by the city in honor of the co creator, where he will not forget to mention his long time accomplice René Goscinny who died in 1977

Personal note: In french at least it's a 47 page hardcover book, almost 12x9inch

www.asterix.com

[gon]

Thanks.

[Allen Jaco]

Hmm.

I looooooove Asterix, but I don't know if this is quite the direction I want to see it in... :eek:

[Mister]

Originally posted by Allen Jaco
Hmm.

I looooooove Asterix, but I don't know if this is quite the direction I want to see it in... :eek:
At 78 years old I think the co-creator can take where ever he likes, he's close to the end of his career and we're lucky just to get this one more book out of him; I remember Tintin's Hergé actually dies while right in the middle of producing his last book which never happened and was never released other that a few sketches and a bit of texts. At their age they can do what ever they went with their comic book creations, and personally I think it was a pretty refreshing chance for the series and for a comic book artist this old

We'll be lucky just to get an other like this in the future

[DiscoVietnam]

Wow, that sounds great. The sky has indeed fallen!:D

[Allen Jaco]

Originally posted by Mister
At 78 years old I think the co-creator can take where ever he likes, he's close to the end of his career and we're lucky just to get this one more book out of him; I remember Tintin's Hergé actually dies while right in the middle of producing his last book which never happened and was never released other that a few sketches and a bit of texts. At their age they can do what ever they went with their comic book creations, and personally I think it was a pretty refreshing chance for the series and for a comic book artist this old

We'll be lucky just to get an other like this in the future

I actually agree with you. Uderzo has absolutely earned the right to do whatever the heck he wants. I don't dispute that at all. He has provided I don't know how many hours of enjoyment for me. Asterix the Gaul and Asterix the Legionaire were possibly the first real comics I've ever owned when I was a wee lad, and I am grateful to them.

I'm just personally not really crazy about this story. I don't mean anything more.

[Mister]

Astérix was my very first comic book ever followed by Tintin which I still like very much, I'm trying to remember which volume was the very first, I think it was the Olympic Games story

[Punchy]

Originally posted by Mister
Astérix was my very first comic book ever followed by Tintin which I still like very much, I'm trying to remember which volume was the very first, I think it was the Olympic Games story

It was simply titled 'Asterix The Gaul'

[Mister]

Originally posted by Punchy
It was simply titled 'Asterix The Gaul'
volume one was Asterix The Gaul (Astérix Le Gaulois), I meant my very first book I ever got was the Olympic story, an other one I got very early on was the travel up to Switzerland I think and finding Captain America's shield, just kidding :D


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[Bakema NL]

Of course he can do whatever he wants with the characters, but I don't know flipping through the book. I bought it of course, but haven't read it yet. Seeing a sort of teletubby alien and sort of a Superman and alien ships is not something I would want to see in this book, but who knows......maybe it's actually a nice book, the art is, that's for sure. And the way the "Superman" gets punched by Obelix is priceless. The Superman wears a power ring too.............but no matter how super, the ghauls will win anyway, hehe. :p

[astronato]

Originally posted by Mister
At 78 years old I think the co-creator can take where ever he likes, he's close to the end of his career and we're lucky just to get this one more book out of him;

At their age they can do what ever they went with their comic book creations, and personally I think it was a pretty refreshing chance for the series and for a comic book artist this old

We'll be lucky just to get an other like this in the future

Agreed. I love Asterix and Obelix. The UFO idea sounds a little too silly but perhaps it's well done.

thanks for the thread.

[Mister]

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This would have been an interesting idea for a future Astérix movie, I would prefer all new stories like this with some of these ideas rather that remakes

[HugoMF]

I enjoyed it a lot.
Just the chance to get to read a new Asterix title is an amazing experience, and i sincerelly hope this isn't the last title.

[Posco]

I didn´t like it. Personally I think that the Asterix series lost a lot after Goscinny died. Esp. the later albums are in my eyes rather week. It is always nice to read about the characters again but besides that there wasn´t much interesting.

[Mister]

Any english version yet?

Is it hardcover like the french version of softcover